A collection of recipes I'm creating as I live out a "Nutritarian" lifestyle. Some may be great, some not-so-great, but I want to experiment! Nutritarian principles are explained in Joel Fuhrman M.D.'s books *Eat to Live,* *Eat for Health,* etc. More information is available at drfuhrman.com .

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Breakfast Salad?

I am a traditionalist. I like breakfast in its recognizable forms, especially--hot or cold cereal, eggs and grits, waffles, citrus fruits, cheese toast, bagels, that kind of thing. On a nutritarian life plan only the hot cereal and citrus fruits make the cut. So I have oatmeal two or three times a week and green fruit smoothies the other days, and that works pretty well. I've thought "yuck" when I've seen other nutritarians' breakfast reports including leftover chili, big salads with tomatoes and vinegar dressings, and so forth.

What's a girl to do?

Well, I think about what I expect from breakfast--warm comfort or bright flavors--and I go from there. Several times I have actually made a breakfast salad, based on what sounds good as I approach the kitchen, and one successful recipe, Apple-Carrot Salad, was a good option a time or two--my recipe was accepted on the Member Center recipe collection on drfuhrman.com .

This morning I probably had that recipe in mind when I put together this one, a nice variation, that sneaks in some green veggie as well:

Combine broccoli, carrots, and apricot snips. Top with yogurt and spices, stirred together on top of the salad and then combined. Dice the pear over the top and stir to combine, then top with the almonds.

Verdict: Excellent. The veggies and nuts are crunchy, the pear meltingly cool and sweet, and the occasional apricot bits chewy and sweet. This is kind of like a deconstructed smoothie, with broccoli instead of greens. I added my daily flax seed meal to this, and it blends in nicely.